#E4DEB5#E4DEB5

#E4DEB5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.054 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DEB5
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 181)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(52, 21%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 20.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.00, -4.51, 20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.00, 21.37, 102.19°)
OKLab	oklab(89.5% -0.0099 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(89.5% 0.054 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.4564, 72.0737, 54.1178)
Luminance	0.7207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DEB5 #B5BBE4

analogous

#E4C6B5 #E4DEB5 #D3E4B5

triadic

#E4DEB5 #B5E4DE #DEB5E4

tetradic

#E4DEB5 #B5E4C6 #B5BBE4 #E4B5D3

square

#E4DEB5 #B5E4C6 #B5BBE4 #E4B5D3

split-complementary

#E4DEB5 #B5D3E4 #C6B5E4

monochromatic

#C3B65B #D4CA88 #E4DEB5 #F4F2E2 #F7F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4DEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#E4DEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DEB5

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DEB5	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6DBB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8DEB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4deb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.054 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede8cb',
    500: '#e4deb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4deb5;
$custom-light: #ede8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4deb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 46.535,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.895,
    "c": 0.05433,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DEB5

secondary

#7F87BE

accent

#3EBA2C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DEB5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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